Cash-register.



PATBNTED MAY 7, 1907.

A. H; GREEN. GAS H'REGISTBR. APPLICATION PILEED OUT.24, 1906.

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Wifnzaoeo Quota:

No. 853,011; PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

A. HLGREEN.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLIGATION FILED 00124, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIQ Q HAMPSHIRE.

CASH-REGISTER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1907.

Application filed October 24:, 1906. Serial No. 340,377.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. GREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in (lash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to cash registers in which checks corresponding to the amounts of the sales are deposited by the salesman into the register, which embodies in its organization a box or casing having a transparent panel in rear of which the checks are momentarily retained, for inspection by the customer, through the medium of a movable check holder and are finally deposited in the casing in rear of the money till or drawer, which is projected beyond the casing for the reception of the money to be deposited in the register.

The invention has for its objects to provide a comparatively simple, inexpensive device of this character whereby the complicated register mechanism usually employed are dispensed with, one wherein the register ing checks when deposited will be maintained for a greater or lesser period of time in full view of the customer and finally deposited in the casing for use in tallying or balancing the contents of the money till, and one in which the drawer will be released for movement to open position and the check holder moved to releasing position through the medium of mechanism controlled by a single operating member or handle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having a guard member or plate lying beneath the check inlet openings for preventing improper introduction of the checks or their fraudulent removal from the register, and one wherein the guard will be moved simultaneously with and through the medium of the mechanism which controls the movements of the other parts.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional View taken longitudinally through the register on the line 11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical, sectional view taken through the rear portion of the casing on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View, partly in section, of the device.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a box or casing having a front wall 2, a rear wall 3, top wall 4, and a bottom wall 5, said casing having a forward box-like extension 6 adapted to accommodate and house a money till or drawer 7, the side walls of which proj ect .rcarwardly into the body portion of the casing in the form of extensions 8 and f), 1 while fitted in the front wall 2 is a glass or other transparent panel 10 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

Extended transversely through the casing 1 and journaled in suitable bearings therein is a rotary operating shaft 11 equipped at one end which projects beyond the adjacent wall of the casing with a crank handle 12, while hinged at its upper edge to the front wall 2 and to lie immediately in rear of the transparent panel 10 is a check-holding member or plate 1. 3 provided with a plurality of check-receiving channels 14. arranged respectively beneath and in line with inlet openings or slots 15 formed in the top wall 1, there being carried by the shaft 11 at a point adjacent its longitudinal center an upwardly projecting crank arm 16 connected with the lower edge of the plate 13 by means of a rod or other suitable connection 17. It is to be noted at this point that the channels are of gradually diminishing taper from their upper toward their lower endswhereby a check deposited in one of the channels will be maintained in position before the transparent panel 10 until the lower edge of the checkholding plate is moved rearwardly from the wall 2, as hereinafter explained.

Disposed normaliy beneath the inlet slots 15 is a horizontal guard plate or shield 18 fixed upon the forward end of a longitudinally slidable plunger rod 19 sustained by bearing brackets 21) and having a fixed depending arm 21 terminating at its lower end in a rearwardly projecting, horizontal portion provided with a slot 22 through which the crank arm 16 projectsffthere being coiled upon the rod 19 a normally expanded spring 23 having bearing at its ends against the rear bracket and the arm 21 and tending to hold at its forward end to and projecting rearwardly from the guard plate 18 is a locking member or plate 241 sustained between its the plate 1.8 in normal position, while fixedends by a hanger 25 and having adjacent its longitudinal center a vertical stop shoulder 26 which normally stands at a point in advance of the hanger in rear of which the plate is provided with a longitudinal slot 27.

Mounted for vertical movement in suitable bearings 23 is a vertical plunger rod 29 which bears at its lower end on the upper edge of the drawer extension 8, the upper edge of which terminates at its rear end in a rearwardly and downwardly curved cam face 30, there being formed on the upper end of the rod 29 an outwardly projecting engaging finger or connection 31 which projects through the slot 27, while attached at one end to the casing wall 4 is a leaf spring 32 adapted to bear at its outer end on the plate 24 and exert a pressure tending to move the latter vertically downward.

The check holder 13 is maintained in normal position under the action of a pressure spring 33 coiled upon a guide rod 34 projecting forwardly from a tubular casing 35 attached to the rear wall 3 and in which the rear portion of the spring and rod are housed, the forward end of a spring being coiled upon the pin 36 fixed to and projecting rearwardly from the holder plate 13, while fixed in a guide channel 37 formed in the bottom wall 5 of the casing and to extend in a fore and aft direction is a guide rod 38 having coiled thereon an expansible spring 39 provided at its forward end with a pressure head 40 arranged to bear on the rear edge of the drawer 17, which is locked in closed position by means of a vertically movable locking bolt 41. sustained in bearings 42 with its lower end seated in a notch or recess 43 formed in the upper edge of the extension 9. The bolt 41, which is pressed to locking position by means of a spring 44, is connected at its upper end by means of a flexible connection or chain 45 with the shaft 1.1,

which, when rotated, winds the chain 45 and lifts the bolt 41 against the action of spring 44 out of engagement with the keeper 43.

Fixed to the inner face of the extension 8 is an outwardly projecting stop piece 46 adapted for engagement with a vertical stop pin 47 projecting upward from the bottom 5 at a point within the path of the stop piece 46 and in position for contact with the rear end of the drawer when the latter is in closed position, while projecting upward from the extension 8 at a point adjacent its rear is a hammer or striker 48 adapted to contact with a bell 49 during opening movement of the drawer.

In practice and in registering a purchase, the handle 12 is grasped and swung rearwardly, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, thus rotating the shaft 1 1 in the proper direction for swinging the upper end of the crank arm 16 rearwardly, the chain 45 being at the same time wound upon the shaft to move the locking bolt 41 to position for releasing the drawer 7. During movement of the arm 16 with the shaft, the lower edge of the cheek holder 13 will, through the medium of the connection 17, be moved rearwardly against theaction of spring 33, thus to deposit any checks which may be lodged in the channels 14 into the casing, while at the same time the crank arm will act through the medium of the connection 21 to move the rod 19 rearwardly against the action of spring 23, thus carrying the shield 18 to a position. from beneath the openings 1.5, and when the drawer is released, as just explained, the spring 39 will expand and owing to engagement of the pressure head 40 with the rear end of the drawer project the latter outwardly to open position, the movement of the drawer being limited owing to contact of the stop piece 46 with the pin 47, it being understood that as the drawer opens the cam portion 30 of the extension 3 is carried from beneath the rod 29 and the striker 48 into contact with the bell 49 for sounding the usual alarm to indicate that the drawer is being opened. After the drawer is opened and upon movement of the shield 18 to inactive position, the locking plate 24 will move rearwardly and as soon as the shoulder 26 has passed the hanger 25 the spring 32 will move said plate, together with the plunger rod 29 downwardly for causing engagement of the shoulder with the hanger to lock the shield in inactive position. The handle 12 is then swung forwardly to normal position and the check holder 13 10131111'10Ll to its position under the action of spring 33, this independent movement of the holder being rendered possible owing to the provision of the slot 22 in which the crank arm 16 moves. A check corresponding in amount to the amount of the purchase is then ontered through the appropriate slot 15 and lodges in the underlying channel 14 in the check holder which maintains the check in position in rear of the panel 10 within full view of and for inspection by the customer. After the money has been deposited in the drawer 7 and the proper change, if any, has been made, the drawer is manually closed and automatically locked in closed. position by the bolt 41, the closing movement of the drawer being limited by the stop pin 47. hen the drawer is returned to closed posi tion, the curved cam face 30 rides beneath the lower end of rod 29, thereby raising the locking plate 24 out of engagement with the hanger 25 and permitting the shield 18 to return automatically to active position under the influence of spring 23, it being understood that the check last deposited will remain in the holder 13 until the foregoing operation of the p arts is repeated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a box or casing having a transparent panel and provided with an inlet slot, a movable check holder arranged beneath the slot in rear of the panel, a movable shield disposed beneath the slot and over the check holder, a drawer mounted in the casing for movement to open position, a locking member for holding the drawer in closed position, an operating shaft journaled in the casing, and operative connections between the shaft, cheek holder, shield and locking member adapting the sh aft for simultaneously operating all of said parts.

2. In a device of the class described, a box or casing provided with an inlet slot, a movable check holder sustained in the casing beneath said slot, a movable shield arranged between the slot and check holder, an arm connected with the shield and having a slot, a shaft journaled in the casing and having a crank arm extended through said slot, a link connection between the crank arm and check holder, a drawer mounted in the casing for movement to open position, a locking mem her for holding the drawer in closed position,

and operative connections between said locking member and shaft.

3. In a device of the class described, a boX or casing provided ,with an inlet slot, a movable check holder sustained beneath the slot, a slotted hanger fixed in the casing, a movable shield arranged beneath the slot, a locking member attached to the shield and sustained in the hanger, said locking member having a portion to engage the hanger for locking the shield in inactive position, a drawer mounted in the casing for movement to open position, a plunger operatively connected with the locking member and operable by the drawer for moving said member to releasing position, and means for automatically moving the shield to active position when released.

In testimony whereof, I a'llix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR H. GREEN.

Witnesses:

HELEN M. QUINN, RALPH C. GRAY. 

